For stealing a phone and clothing items worth N54,000 and belonging to guards of a firm, the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, on Thursday, sentenced one Francis Abu to two years imprisonment.
Abu was convicted on five counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing and breach of the peace.
It was gathered that the convict committed the offences around 3.30am on June 1, 2019, at No. 16 Remi Olowude Street, Lekki Phase 1 in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Oladejo Balogun, had told the court that Abu and his accomplices, who are at large, scaled a fence into the premises of a firm, Trend Kitchen Company, from where they stole the items.
Balogun said, “He (Abu)stole four jeans trousers valued at N4,800; four round neck shirts valued at N5,000; two Polo shirts valued at N2,000; two white pants and five boxers valued at N6,000; all amounting to N17,800; and school documents belonging to Ajayi Oluwaseyi. He also stole one Tecno F3 phone valued at N37,000, the property of Saturday Dick Kpokpo.
“As the guard made their way home around 6pm at Marwa bus stop, Lekki, both men saw Abu wearing one of the stolen shirts and using the Tecno F3 phone and they confronted him; when he claimed that he just bought the shirt, they challenged him to take them to the seller. The convict took them round but could not identify where he bought it, following which they handed him over to the Maroko Police Station.”
Magistrate K. K. Awoyinka convicted him following his guilty plea to the charges.
According to the magistrate, the sentence will take effect from the date of his arraignment, which was June 3, 2019.
Abu was convicted on five counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing and breach of the peace.
It was gathered that the convict committed the offences around 3.30am on June 1, 2019, at No. 16 Remi Olowude Street, Lekki Phase 1 in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Oladejo Balogun, had told the court that Abu and his accomplices, who are at large, scaled a fence into the premises of a firm, Trend Kitchen Company, from where they stole the items.
Balogun said, “He (Abu)stole four jeans trousers valued at N4,800; four round neck shirts valued at N5,000; two Polo shirts valued at N2,000; two white pants and five boxers valued at N6,000; all amounting to N17,800; and school documents belonging to Ajayi Oluwaseyi. He also stole one Tecno F3 phone valued at N37,000, the property of Saturday Dick Kpokpo.
“As the guard made their way home around 6pm at Marwa bus stop, Lekki, both men saw Abu wearing one of the stolen shirts and using the Tecno F3 phone and they confronted him; when he claimed that he just bought the shirt, they challenged him to take them to the seller. The convict took them round but could not identify where he bought it, following which they handed him over to the Maroko Police Station.”
Magistrate K. K. Awoyinka convicted him following his guilty plea to the charges.
According to the magistrate, the sentence will take effect from the date of his arraignment, which was June 3, 2019.
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